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MA Tianji

Alumni

BioPhysics

Adolphe Merkle Institute Chemin des Verdiers 4 CH-1700 Fribourg Switzerland

Office:	C014
Phone:	+41 26 300 9573
Email:	tianji.ma@unifr.ch
	0000-0003-0875-9313

Projects team

Solid-State Nanopores

Single-protein analysis using solid-state nanopores.

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Amyloids

Characterization of amyloid-forming peptides and oligomers.

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Fabrication of Nanopores

Fabrication of synthetic nanopores in custom sizes and materials.

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Publications

Highly sensitive and low-cost detecting and recovering Ce3+ from ammonia nitrogen wastewater using bio-inspired nanochannel/membrane
Tianji Ma, Shuqi Tan, Rongyao Yuan, Xuan Kang, Peixian Guo, Yaxin Tong, Tingting Zhao, Zhongliang Xiao, Zhong Cao, Lei Li, Sebastien Balme
Chemical Engineering Journal 475 , 146084 (2023)

Localized Nanopore Fabrication via Controlled Breakdown
Cuifeng Ying, Tianji Ma, Lei Xu, Mohsen Rahmani
Nanomaterials 12 , 2384 (2022)

Origin of Ultrahigh Rectification in Polyelectrolyte Bilayers Modified Conical Nanopores
Tien-Juin Liu, Tianji Ma, Chih-Yuan Lin, Sébastien Balme, Jyh-Ping Hsu
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 12 , 11858-11864 (2021)

Track‐Etched Nanopore/Membrane: From Fundamental to Applications
Tianji Ma, Jean‐Marc Janot, Sébastien Balme
Small Methods (2020)

Tunable Current Rectification and Selectivity Demonstrated in Nanofluidic Diodes through Kinetic Functionalization
Chih-Yuan Lin, Tianji Ma, Zuzanna S. Siwy, Sébastien Balme, Jyh-Ping Hsu
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2020)

Dynamics of long hyaluronic acid chains through conical nanochannels for characterizing enzyme reactions in confined spaces
Tianji Ma, Jean-Marc Janot, Sébastien Balme
Nanoscale (2020)

Single conical track-etched nanopore for a free-label detection of OSCS contaminants in heparin
Tianji Ma, Emmanuel Balanzat, Jean-Marc Janot, Sébastien Balme
Biosensors and Bioelectronics (2019)

Nanopore Functionalized by Highly Charged Hydrogels for Osmotic Energy Harvesting
Tianji Ma, Emmanuel Balanzat, Jean-Marc Janot, Sébastien Balme
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2019)

Amyloid Growth, Inhibition, and Real-Time Enzymatic Degradation Revealed with Single Conical Nanopore
Nicoletta Giamblanco, Diego Coglitore, Alberto Gubbiotti, Tianji Ma, Emmanuel Balanzat, Jean-Marc Janot, Mauro Chinappi, Sebastien Balme
Analytical Chemistry (2018)

Amyloid Fibril Analysis using Single Nanopore
Nicoletta Giamblanco, Diego Coglitore, Tianji Ma, Pierre Eugene Coulon, Emmanuel Balanzat, Mikhael Bechelany, Jean-Marc Janot, Sebastien Balme
Biophysical Journal (2018)

Impact of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers on the Ionic Current Rectification of Conical Nanopores
Tianji Ma, Paulius Gaigalas, Mathilde Lepoitevin, Ieva Plikusiene, Mikhael Bechelany, Jean-Marc Janot, Emmanuel Balanzat, Sebastien Balme
Langmuir (2018)

Combining Light-Gated and pH-Responsive Nanopore Based on PEG-Spiropyran Functionalization
Tianji Ma, Martin Walko, Mathilde Lepoitevin, Jean‐Marc Janot, Emmanuel Balanzat, Armagan Kocer, Sebastien Balme
Advanced Materials Interfaces (2017)

Functionalization of single solid state nanopores to mimic biological ion channels: A review
Mathilde Lepoitevin, Tianji Ma, Mikhael Bechelany, Jean-Marc Janot, Sebastien Balme
Advances in Colloid and Interface Science (2017)

Large osmotic energy harvesting from functionalized conical nanopore suitable for membrane applications
Sébastien Balme, Tianji Ma, Emmanuel Balanzat, Jean-Marc Janot
Journal of Membrane Science (2017)